Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History thesha.org/contents

Registration is OPEN! KHS will host Ohio Valley History Conference October 9-11, 2025. Conference theme is “Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging.” Keynote speaker is Dr. Eladio Bobadilla, historian of social movements in the United States. See you there! #skystorians history.ky.gov/events/ohio-...

I’m starting to see a pattern in the cover design of projects I am (or have been) working on

The Second Foundings conference in Houston is fast approaching, October 10-13, 2025. Registration & hotel rooms are still available! Come for keynotes by Ruth J. Simmons and Crystal R. Sanders, plus more than 25 sessions on slavery, universities, and struggles for justice. More info …

"Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, & Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond": Oct. 10–13, 2025 taskforce.rice.edu/second-found... Hosted at Rice University, in collaboration with Universities Studying Slavery and the Texas Consortium of Universities and Colleges Studying Slavery and Race

ahhh, this issue looks so good!!

Very excited to be checking page proof for a special forum, "Teaching about the South," #forthcoming in the November 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History. TOC: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...

Very excited to be checking page proof for a special forum, "Teaching about the South," #forthcoming in the November 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History. TOC: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...

Scholars, are you interested in reviewing books for the JSH? Update the editors regarding your research and reading interests here: thesha.org/book-reviewer-interest-form

Justice in Baltimore @jstordaily.bsky.social daily.jstor.org/justice-in-b...

Takes Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson as pt of departure for examination of diverse sources. We need to see more focus on the relationship between material culture & broader questions of culture. My typical evening: "We have to start making dinner. "Wait a minute. I just found this really cool article"

New in the August 2025 JSH: "A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Now in the August 2025 JSH: "Rejecting Restraint: The 1856 Guard House Riot and the Roots of Political Violence in Antebellum South Carolina," by Robert Elder muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Now in the August 2025 JSH: "Homeplace Politics on the New River: Rural Environmentalism in Southern Appalachia, 1962–1976," by Madison W. Cates muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

“Bigler's collection is packed with humor and seriousness, profound teachings for Indigenous scholars, and life lessons for any reader.” New review of "Rabbit Decolonizes the Forest" by Gregory H. Bigler in the Journal of Southern History! muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Registration is now open for “Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond.” The conference will take place October 10-13, 2025, in Houston and features keynote lectures by Ruth J. Simmons and Crystal R. Sanders! More info …

And the new JSH has 50+ book reviews of new scholarship in the history of the South - many thanks to all our reviewers and contributors 📚📚📚 Journal of Southern History: Volume 91, Number 3, August 2025 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55303

And the new JSH has 50+ book reviews of new scholarship in the history of the South - many thanks to all our reviewers and contributors 📚📚📚 Journal of Southern History: Volume 91, Number 3, August 2025 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55303

Nice to come across this very positive review of my book in the Journal of Southern History. muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History thesha.org/contents

Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History thesha.org/contents

New in the August 2025 JSH: "A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

New in the August 2025 JSH: "Rejecting Restraint: The 1856 Guard House Riot and the Roots of Political Violence in Antebellum South Carolina," by Robert Elder muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

New in the August 2025 JSH: "Homeplace Politics on the New River: Rural Environmentalism in Southern Appalachia, 1962–1976," by Madison W. Cates muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

New in the August 2025 JSH: "Homeplace Politics on the New River: Rural Environmentalism in Southern Appalachia, 1962–1976," by Madison W. Cates muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

New in the August 2025 JSH: "Rejecting Restraint: The 1856 Guard House Riot and the Roots of Political Violence in Antebellum South Carolina," by Robert Elder muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

New in the August 2025 JSH: "A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

The August issue is now live on Project Muse muse.jhu.edu/issue/55303

The August issue is now live on Project Muse muse.jhu.edu/issue/55303

Historian friends: tell me about your favorite research & writing tools. As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.

Call for submissions! SHGAPE's Presidents' Book Prize is awarded for the best book treating any aspect of US #history, 1865-1920s. Must be author’s 2nd or subsequent scholarly book. Deadline is Oct 31. Full details: www.shgape.org/prizes-award... #Skystorians #HistorySky #GildedAge #ProgressiveEra

Advance copies of the August 2025 issue have arrived at the editorial office. In the mail for SHA members soon! thesha.org/contents#upcoming

Join us! A journal subscription is included with membership to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social thesha.org/join

#SHEAR2025 presidential plenary kicks off! Slavery emancipation in the early American republic. @profmsinha.bsky.social introducing Mia Bay, Lin Fisher, @sethrockman.bsky.social ventriloquizing @adamrothman.bsky.social, Jim Oakes.

For the month of JULY, it's Southern Historical Association annual membership drive! Join, rejoin, or renew your membership with the code for a discount & a bit of SHA swag. Check out the various member categories & join us today ⬇️ www.thesha.org/join-registe... @thesouthernsha.bsky.social

The August issue will be available soon! ICYMI, in the May 2025 JSH: "The Giant Arrives in South Texas: The Molina Civic Association's Fight for School Integration in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1954–1970," by Moisés Acuña-Gurrola muse.jhu.edu/article/958385

The August issue will be available soon! ICYMI, in the May 2025 JSH: "A Moment in the Sun: Reconstruction in Carroll Parish, Louisiana, 1867–1880," by George Voelker muse.jhu.edu/article/958384

We also always like to hear what people are researching, reading, and teaching. What's on your list this summer?

"Southern History in Periodicals, 2024: A Selected Bibliography" (JSH May 2025): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

The August issue will be available soon! ICYMI, in the May 2025 JSH: "A Moment in the Sun: Reconstruction in Carroll Parish, Louisiana, 1867–1880," by George Voelker muse.jhu.edu/article/958384

The August issue will be available soon! ICYMI, in the May 2025 JSH: "The Giant Arrives in South Texas: The Molina Civic Association's Fight for School Integration in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1954–1970," by Moisés Acuña-Gurrola muse.jhu.edu/article/958385

Thinking about joining the SHA? Time to renew your membership? Take care of it in July and save $5, plus receive cool SHA swag!

The SHA's Annual Membership Drive begins this month, so take advantage of this deal!

It's the SHA's annual membership drive! for the month of July, save $5 on a membership, plus get some SHA swag!

Deadline extended to July 15! Join "Get It Done!," the SHA's second book writing workshop.

Our favorite benefit of SHA membership is an annual subscription to the JSH 😎

For the month of JULY, it's Southern Historical Association annual membership drive! Join, rejoin, or renew your membership with the code for a discount & a bit of SHA swag. Check out the various member categories & join us today ⬇️ www.thesha.org/join-registe... @thesouthernsha.bsky.social

This is an entire historiographical question in Texas history: is it southern, western, or unique? My suffragists & the politicians they had to convince all thought of it as being the South but occasionally one will call it both southern & western.

"Yes, There Is a “Quare”/Queer South!: A Review Essay," by Leisa D. Meyer (JSH August 2024) muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti... #PrideMonth2025 #LGBTQ+history

"Yes, There Is a “Quare”/Queer South!: A Review Essay," by Leisa D. Meyer (JSH August 2024) muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti... #PrideMonth2025 #LGBTQ+history